Template:Selected anniversaries/January 17

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  1492: Mathematician Adam Ries born (uncertain). He will write textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.

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  1551: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía dies. He wrote Silva de varia lección ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.

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  1552: Mathematician and alleged time-traveller Anarchimedes uses Gnomon algorithm functions to commit crimes against mathematical constants.

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  1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.

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  1647: Astronomer Elisabeth Hevelius born. One of the first female astronomers, Hevelius will be called "the mother of moon charts".

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  1835: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and crime fighter Pierre Charles François Dupin uses choropleth map to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

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  1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant is released. It documents the deliberate execution of an elephant named Topsy.

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  1904: Outbreak of Scrimshaw abuse linked to last year's release of Electrocuting an Elephant.

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  1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.

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  1949: Computer scientist Anita Borg born. She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

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  1958: Gnomon algorithm forecasting models indicate that an American hydrogen bomb will be lost within the next thirty days.

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  1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."

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  1962: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung tells reporters that the military-industrial complex is "the most profitable venture ever undertaken by humanity."

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  1965: Extract of Radium opens new retail outlet in Palomares, Spain, in preparation for the Palomares nuclear weapons event.

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  1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.

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  1969: Mutant culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae computing Gnomon algorithm functions unexpectedly develops artificial intelligence.

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  1997: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.

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  2001: Mathematician and computer scientist Tom Kilburn dies. Over the course of a productive 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.

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  2018: Signed first edition of Angry Feller sells for fifty dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.